It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

Rosa_Damascena

I cannot sacrifice my daily bath. I don't need to use a lot of water but wash I must.

sarahj1986

My daughter has daily baths as part of her bedtime routine. I get in with her though, every other day I switch the shower on a quickly wash my hair. In the summer I wash my daily if we’ve been to the beach as the sea water ruins my hair. 

Brambling

ladyholly said:

My Great aunt had an outside loo which had a catch on the outside as well as inside. My sister thought it was funny to lock me in. I hated that loo.

I remember my eldest sister having a outdoor loo down the garden and after dark my nephew who was the same age as me had to walk me down with a torch and would leave me in the dark, the also had a German shepherd who roamed the garden  I was about four when they moved and can remember it very clearly even 50+ years later.  

Sammie-k strawberry and rhubarb is a match made in heaven and you don't need that many strawberries to give it a good taste.

JIL

I often wonder why there isnt something done as standard that keeps the bathwater to flush the loo. It just seems such a waste to pull the plug out. 

Brambling

JIL said:

I often wonder why there isnt something done as standard that keeps the bathwater to flush the loo. It just seems such a waste to pull the plug out. 

During summers we weren't allowed bubble bath and my dad would siphon the water out with a hose pipe for the garden

JIL

Brambling said:

JIL said:

I often wonder why there isnt something done as standard that keeps the bathwater to flush the loo. It just seems such a waste to pull the plug out. 

During summers we weren't allowed bubble bath and my dad would siphon the water out with a hose pipe for the garden

We were not ever allowed bubble bath, if my mum ever used washing up liquid we got a squirt of that!! I found out later we only got the washing up liquid due to my mum then filling the watering cans with it to get rid of aphids on the garden plants. I think this was the long hot summer in the 70s, when we were all encouraged to save water. 
I remember the big houses at the top of the street having their sprinklers on their front lawns and feeling at the age of 9, how unfair it all seemed.

Brambling

JIL the advantage of lots of aunts and uncles was bubble bath Christmas gifts if you're a child of the 70s I'm sure you'll remember Matey 😁 if not it was a squirt of flashing up liquid and the bubbles gone by me as I was the youngest so last in.  I was told to be grateful as my eldest siblings had a tin bath in front of the fire 

newlywed

Rosa_Damascena said:

I cannot sacrifice my daily bath. I don't need to use a lot of water but wash I must.

That’s the thing though isn’t it… everyone has something they can’t sacrifice.  So we find other areas to give so that we can keep the things we really want.

mine are tea, coffee and chocolate.


Am measuring my water and weighing my coffee for the machine to make sure I can get the most out of my pack of expensive coffee grounds. I like strong coffee, and have discovered I was far too generous with my scoops!  Will keep on gradually reducing until I don’t enjoy it as much. I usually only have one coffee a day and the rest is decaf earl grey or cold brew fruit tea (which in fact means no electricity so should do that more!)

sammy_kaye18

JIL said:

I often wonder why there isnt something done as standard that keeps the bathwater to flush the loo. It just seems such a waste to pull the plug out. 

I keep bath water for watering the garden when I can collar husband to keep it but my daughter is pretty good. 

We don’t use bubble bath. 
Also ideal if I need to bath the dogs as well. I use old bath water too. 

basketcase

I seem to recall reading somewhere that washing up liquid has some chemical (maybe potassium?) in it that's found in plant foods.  So not only does it not harm them, but it's actually beneficial.  Think it came up during a water shortage...